Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A form of acting without words; pantomime. · A pantomime actor. · A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce. · A performer of such a farce.
To mimic. · To act without words. · To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
Possibly from Middle English mime, from Old English mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.
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